The Temper Trap: Australia's biggest band (and one of the richest)

While all the hoo-haa surrounding this year's annual 'Australia's Richest Entertainers' list by BRW magazine focused on a bunch of dinosaurs beating AC/DC to the top spot, few people noticed indie upstarts The Temper Trap managing to scrape in to the Top 50.

The band's single 'Sweet Disposition' may have catapulted them to the top of the fame pile but it's the band's canny endorsements from car commercials to movies that have kept them there. Though the boys say no to a lot of requests, there's one that's a shoo-in.

"There have been a lot of ones we just say no to because of the content of the movie or a feeling of being over saturated. I wish there was something really weird. Like one of those Japanese commercials. We would say yes to those. A Definite Yes!" keyboardist Joseph Greer told MusicFIX when we caught up with him recently.

And if it seems to us they've been playing the same songs for a while now, Greer agrees but promises new songs are on the horizon with the band beginning work on the new album next February. Until then gig-goers have been treated to a sneak peek with a dark, epic seven-minute track sneaking into their set-list. While Greer admits it doesn't get the same reaction as their more famous tracks, fans seem to be appreciative.